People appreciate（）with him because he has a good sense of humor.

Mr. Edward was not in, so his brother acted as （）at the party.

He never（）to read the news but turned at once to the crossword puzzle on the last page.

The survivors（）to a floating tree in hopes of rescue.

She had clearly no（）of doing any work, although she was very well paid.

The student's first attempt at writing a play was a far（）from the work of Shakespeare.

After she became a lawyer, she decided to （）criminal law.

The price they offered for my old car was so low that I（）it down.

（）students often find it difficult to live in China at first.

We forgave her anger because we knew that her father's illness had put her under great （）